Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1910 — FARMERS CORNER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARMERS CORNER

The MUkldC SHedf A plan that has been proven successful, not only In the improvement of the milk, but In the sftving of the manure, is to have a separate barn or shed to do the milking in. This can be a comparatively cheap structure, ®8 it would be intended to keep -the cows in it only during the process of milking, The barn, however, should be constructed in a substantial and sanitary way. After the cows are milked they are turned into a roomy shed or barn, where they remain loose and can eat forage or lie- down at will. Thete are in this shed racks and troughs for feeding hay and ensilage in. In the milking shed the cows are fastened by means of rigid stanchions, and the feed mangers, where the concentrates are fed, are built high enough to prevent the cow from lying down, thus she remains clean until the milking is done. The floors should be of concrete, and there should be a gutter behind the cows. These stables should be thoroughly cleaned out each day, and, if .possible, washed occasionally, so that there will be as few flies as possible and no offensive odors. There should be no hay or feed stored in thla barn and. it should, ha. well-ventlr lated, so that the air will be pure and free from dust. v This is about the most practical way to keep cows clean. The feeding shed, which could really should be the lower floor of the main feed barn, should be well ventilated and bedded, for in there the cows are allowed to run at large and the manure is allowed to accumulate, being covered up each day with new bedding. This plan saves absolutely all of the manure with the least amount of handling, it being hauled directly to the land in the spring.—Southern Agriculturist. Method of Polllnar Stomps. A very bandy device for “putting ■tumps from old orchards, and can pull 200 or more a day by thfs means, is shown. The limbs are off and

the stumps (E) left as long as possible. A short rope or chain with a single pulley is attached to the stump. The anchor rope or chain with a single pulley is attached to the top of stump (C). The anchor rope (B) which runs through the pulley is fastened to the bottom'of a stout stump (A). A pair of steady horses is attached to the rope and always pull toward the anchor stump. With a steady pull there is no Jumping or jerking, and they will walk right off as if pulling a loaded wagon. Use about sixty feet of ope-inch rope, which costs $2.40 and the pulley $1.75, making a total cos£ of s4ils. Better Breeding Bach Time. No line of breeding requires more thought and -study than horse breeding. This is why so many fail in producing the highest types. One of the essentials is knowing the type of sire to breed the mare to. Many farmers will breed a light mare to a heavy horse or the very opposite, and the result 1b nothing tangible in the way of improvement. Every farmer should know what kind, of an animal he has and be able to select a sire to breed her to that will give an improved offspring. With a'proper selection made here the remainder will be easy. It is well to note at the outset that no horse is absolutely perfect. Every animal has some defect, be it large or small. The defects in the mare should therefore be carefully noted, and the sire selected should be especially strong in the weak points the mare may have, it should be hardly necessary to mention that it is never a good plan to cross breeds. JTo make a success of the business the horse breeder must select one breed and stick to it. OoTerawcat Willing te Help. Many a farm can be made to yield a larger profit, by laying out the fields differently and planning, a rotation of various crops. The tiovernmftnt will be glad to send pamphlets to farmers suggesting how this may be done, and will furnish special information for individual cases where desired. Farmers ought to avail themselves more fully of the splendid services of the Government agricultural experts than they do. Hog* tor Tnrnlng Over Money. The hog coqiptenda itself to the general farmer on account of its prolific qualities. A sow will produce two litters of six* to a dozen each per year and the farmer can turn his money over several times with hogs While be is waiting .for other animals to mature. Hogs require a little more cars at thnds than ether some animals, but

the man who likes to work with them and is wiling to atudy their needs and give them regular care will find them a most profitable adjunct tp the faAh. They can be turned Into money or fopd as the owner chooses. ' ' To Simplify Sngar Beef Culture. The Department of Agriculture is experimenting, with a view to obtaining a single germ beet seed* Last year’s investigations were successful in increasing the percentage of the single germ seed - to 50 per cent, as compared to 26 per cent for the year previous. By methods of selection from single-seed plants this percentage may be stilj further increased. r The ultimate establishment of a-sin-gle germ beet will revolutionise sugar beet growing, since the several sprouts sent up by the ordinary seed, all of which must V® carefully removed by hand, constitutes the most difficult problem in beet raising. HandV Barrow for Winter. I have had many a tussle in trying to push a»wheelbarrow through drifts

of snow. My pigpen is some distance from the other I buildings, and it is I very necessary to have sdme sort of conveyance for the feed. After having tried my patience to the limit for sev-

tried my patience to the limit for several winters, I flnajTy devised the scheme' shown in the cut. I made a large runner and put it on the barrow in place of the wheel. This skips over the snow in fine shape, and runs fully as easy as a wheel does on solid ground.—-C. W. Beecher in' Farm and Home. Butter ’from Sweet Cream. The quality of butter seems more affected by' the degrees of ripeness at which the cream is churned than by any other one thing. It is now becoming the fashion in some quarters to churn sweet cream. It is said that the butter keeps longer and some like it better, though moderate degree of ripeness produces butter -of the most popular flavor. It Is well known that over-ripe cream makes an ill-flavored butter, and the wonderTs that soxnuch of it is produced. Negligence and procrastination account for most of it Swine ttreedinsr. A swine breeder of experience and good judgment says: “The best show pig may come from the smallest sow in the herd, but It is not-safe, as a rule,-to select breeders from that class. We want the most sise }n the shortest time, and' can safely. forego, a little of the fattening tendency, provided we secure in the prospective breeder ranginess %nd a tendency to growth. I don’t care how good the* individual, if only three or four' pigs were farrowed in the litter I would not reserve one of them for a breeder.” Trlmmlnff Fruit Trees, Apple trees and other fruit trees that were trimmed In the winter and spring will "produce sprouts around the scars the following summer. Much future labor may be saved If the orchard is gone over every few weeks during the summer and these sprouts rubbed off. or cut off. Not.allowing them to grow will conserve the food supply of the tree, and it will be use* for growth’ in desired branches. parrel Traps for Rata. Two effective devices for trapping rats are made with barrels as shown here. Coarse brown paper, with cross

slits, Is stretched across the barrel head in the one case and a light cover of wood hinged on a rod In the other plan. The best bait is usually food of a kind that the rats do not get.in the vicinity. * Farm Note*. Alfalfa Is growing in favor as a rotation cropi < Give the colts plenty of room to run about l|i.' The* plow him. its share In the good roads movement. ** Fit the collar te the horse, not the horse to the collar. Owld are vermin destroyers. Encourage their presence on the farm. On cold nights do not. leave 1 tbe cows out to sleep on the damp ground where they may be chilled. The manurp heap is not the farther’s bank unless he gets it out on the land. Then-it returns goods interest. : ' A fortune is awaiting the propagator of a hardy red raspberry. But quality must be sacrificed for hardiness. Timothy and clover mixed makes' good hay, because the timothy holds the clover up, and the curing t ls easier. If the cows teats have a tendency to get hard, keep a bottle of vaseline handy and use it occasionally to soften the parts. Jtou»d 0»t that the larger vines have no place in the garden? Plant pumpkins and squashes in the larger fields. '. Make every square rod on your form Pteld its quota of profit. Some toe esn be found for even the poor strip*. Study out how you can best use all your land. .. I-'.-.-:.

FOB PULLING STUMPS.

USEFUL BARROW.